Cage Rage 17: Ultimate Challenge was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the Cage Rage Championships on July 1, 2006 at the Wembley Arena

Wembley Arena

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 in London

London

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, England

England

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In the main event, Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Champion Melvin Manhoef

Melvin Manhoef

Melvin Manhoef is a Dutch-Surinamese Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, trained by Mike Passenier and fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In kickboxing, he is the current It's Showtime 85MAX World Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion...

 looked to defend his title against UFC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 veteran Ian Freeman

Ian Freeman

Ian William Freeman, a.k.a. "The Machine," is a retired English mixed martial artist. He used to fight as a light heavyweight for Cage Rage. He was their final British Light Heavyweight champion....

. Another two title fights were also on the card as Rob Broughton

Rob Broughton

Rob Broughton is an English mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Cage Rage British heavyweight champion.-Background:...

 and James Thompson

James Thompson (fighter)

James Thompson is an English mixed martial artist. He fights as a heavyweight and has appeared in such promotions as Elite Xtreme Combat , Pride Fighting Championship, and Cage Rage. He is known for rushing his opponents at the start of the bout.-Biography:James Thompson grew up in Rochdale,...

 fought for the vacant Cage Rage British Heavyweight Championship, and Paul Daley

Paul Daley

Paul Daley is an English professional mixed martial artist who has fought for EliteXC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce, BAMMA, Maximum Fighting Championship, Cage Warriors, Shark Fights, Impact FC, Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

 and Ross Mason faced off for the vacant Cage Rage British Welterweight Championship.

Results

• Welterweight bout:   Dean Bray vs.   Darren Guisha

Bray defeated Guisha via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:03 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Mark Chen vs.   Robbie Olivier
  Robbie Olivier
  Robbie Olivier is an English professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Oliver has spent almost his entire career in England, most notably for Cage Rage and BAMMA....
  
  

Olivier defeated Chen via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:11 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   David Bielkheden
  David Bielkheden
  David Bielkheden is a Swedish mixed martial artist and has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.- Mixed martial arts career :...
  
   vs.   Phil Norman

Norman defeated Bielkheden via unanimous decision.

• British Welterweight Championship:   Paul Daley
  Paul Daley
  Paul Daley is an English professional mixed martial artist who has fought for EliteXC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce, BAMMA, Maximum Fighting Championship, Cage Warriors, Shark Fights, Impact FC, Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
   vs.   Ross Mason

Daley defeated Mason via majority decision to become the new Cage Rage British Welterweight Champion.

• Lightweight bout:   Abdul Mohamed
  Abdul Mohamed
  Abdul Mohamed is an Afghan-English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight and welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Mohamed has starred in the domestic organisations, winning the Cage Rage British Lightweight Championship, as well as competing...
  
   vs.   Jean Silva
  Jean Silva
  Jean "White Bear" Silva is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He held the Cage Rage lightweight title until he lost it to Vitor Ribeiro via arm triangle choke at Cage Rage 13...
  
  

Mohamed defeated Silva via majority decision.

• Middleweight bout:   Pierre Guillet vs.   Daijiro Matsui
  Daijiro Matsui
  Daijiro Matsui is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. He has fought in a number of organizations including the Pride Fighting Championships and the Cage Rage Championships.-Career:...
  
  

Guillet defeated Matsui via TKO (cut) at 4:08 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Mark Epstein vs.   Dave Legeno
  Dave Legeno
  David "Dave" Legeno is an English actor, boxer and mixed martial artist.-Life and career:Legeno was born in Marylebone, London, England. He has been quoted as saying that he wanted to act since he read Shakespeare's Richard III...
  
  

Epstein defeated Legeno via KO (punches) at 0:45 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout:   Robert Berry
  Robert Berry (fighter)
  Robert "Buzz" Berry is a retired English mixed martial artist. He formerly competed in the Heavyweight division and is a Cage Rage veteran.-Career:...
  
   vs.   Sentoryu
  Henry Armstrong Miller
  Since his retirement from sumo, Sentoryu has tried his luck at mixed martial arts. His debut was for PRIDE in April 2004.He has six wins and nine losses in his sixteen fights to date. He styles himself Henry "Sentoryu" Miller. He made an agreement with World Victory Road and recently fought...
  
  

Berry defeated Sentoryu via TKO (punches) at 1:06 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Zelg Galešić
  Zelg Galesic
  Zelg Galešić is a Croatian mixed martial artist, currently fighting in Bellator Fighting Championships. He has previously fought in Cage Rage, PRIDE, DREAM, and Hero's...
  
   vs.   Curtis Stout

Galešić defeated Stout via submission (armbar) at 1:10 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout:   Fabiano Scherner
  Fabiano Scherner
  Fabiano "Pega-Leve" Scherner is a German - Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He competes in the Heavyweight division...
  
   vs.   Gilbert Yvel
  Gilbert Yvel
  Gilbert Ramon Yvel is a Dutch heavyweight mixed martial artist associated with the Vos Gym training camp in the Netherlands. He has competed in the Pride Fighting Championships, Affliction Entertainment and Ultimate Fighting Championship promotions...
  
  

Yvel defeated Scherner via TKO (punches) at 1:30 of round 1.

• British Heavyweight Championship:   Rob Broughton
  Rob Broughton
  Rob Broughton is an English mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Cage Rage British heavyweight champion.-Background:...
  
   vs.   James Thompson
  James Thompson (fighter)
  James Thompson is an English mixed martial artist. He fights as a heavyweight and has appeared in such promotions as Elite Xtreme Combat , Pride Fighting Championship, and Cage Rage. He is known for rushing his opponents at the start of the bout.-Biography:James Thompson grew up in Rochdale,...
  
  

Broughton defeated Thompson via TKO (punches) in round 3 to become the new Cage Rage British Heavyweight Champion.

• World Light Heavyweight Championship:   Ian Freeman
  Ian Freeman
  Ian William Freeman, a.k.a. "The Machine," is a retired English mixed martial artist. He used to fight as a light heavyweight for Cage Rage. He was their final British Light Heavyweight champion....
  
   vs.   Melvin Manhoef
  Melvin Manhoef
  Melvin Manhoef is a Dutch-Surinamese Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, trained by Mike Passenier and fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In kickboxing, he is the current It's Showtime 85MAX World Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion...
  
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Manhoef defeated Freeman via KO (punches) at 0:17 of round 1 to retain the Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Championship.